NCUB highlights concerns over reduced higher apprenticeship funding
Data released by the National Centre for Universities and Businesses (NCUB) has revealed higher and degree apprenticeships are critical for skills supply, amid worries that reduced funding for these qualifications could harm growth. Specifically, Higher Apprenticeship (including Degree Apprenticeship) starts rose by 8.2% in 2023/24, as employers turn to these qualifications to gain and develop […]
National Apprenticeship Week 2022 kicks off
The ‘Build the Future’ theme returns for its second year, with over 1,200 events taking place across England to showcase the benefits of apprenticeships. The week aims to celebrate and promote the fantastic benefits which apprenticeships offer both learners and employers, spotlighting businesses who are investing in this life-changing education route. The government says apprentices are […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Serco Education – Driving the development of existing and future School Business Managers
By Serco Education Now, more than ever, schools need well trained professionals to help them through these challenging times. Serco Education offer a range of school-based apprenticeships that are fundable through the levy and offer fantastic opportunities to your schools to develop your staff. These apprenticeships include: Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship (CMDA) The Chartered Manager […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Serco Education – Your source for training in the Education sector
At Serco, we have many years’ experience of working with senior leaders including headteachers, deputy and assistant headteachers, leadership teams, business managers, children’s centre leaders, support staff and governors on a daily basis. We have trained over 16,000 school and academy leaders across England and Wales, from those in the early stages of leadership development to […]
Apprenticeships ‘the answer to falling uni numbers’
Apprenticeships can meet many of the challenges thrown up by falling university numbers, according to DTL. While many commentators have blamed high tuition fees for a growing number of young people choosing not to apply for university, in turn raising fears of a lack of social mobility, DTL points out that school leavers give other reasons […]
Raynor: “Teaching apprenticeships wouldn’t necessarily be scrapped”
Shadow Education Secretary Angela Raynor has revealed that Labour “wouldn’t necessarily scrap” teaching apprenticeships, describing them as “a good route into education”. However, Raynor stressed that the top recruitment priority is to improve working conditions for teachers. Speaking at the Teach First’s Impact Conference in Wembley, Raynor said: “Teacher recruitment and retention is more about the […]
Are graduates ‘colonising’ jobs that do not require degree-level skills?
In response to a recent study conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the HR association’s chief executive, Peter Cheese, has stated that university graduates are ‘colonising’ jobs that do not require degree-level skills. It is claimed that a university education is not justified in a large number of professionals; as well […]